Bio

"SOME REALLY GOOD SHIT!" — Tulane radio

Of French and Indian heritage, Kristie Nalley grew up on the Gulf Coast listening to her dad play Willie Nelson records upstairs and her brother spinning the Velvet Underground in the basement. At the age of 18 she moved to the City of New Orleans to study Music Therapy at Loyola University where her guitar professor encouraged her to drop out of music school and pursue a career in songwriting. Listening to the sage advice, Kristie spent some time in Nashville refining her songwriting skills and playing the Nashville songwriter venues.

She returned to New Orleans to record her debut album with her New Orleans rock band, The Pagan Romantics, which has topped college radio charts across the country and enjoyed rave reviews. After the flood, she was a featured artist in U2's film "Music Rising", they licensed her song "Life in a Box" for the soundtrack. After temporarily relocating to Austin, Tx post-Katrina she was a featured artist at 2007 SXSW Fest with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips for a segment for Jay Leno for the Tonight Show. "She plays the seductress, lures you inside, and then shoves your face in your own desperation." — OffBeat Magazine, New Orleans.

After more than a year of writing and recording in Texas, Kristie showcased her latest record "Lavaux" produced by Joe Hardy (ZZ Top, Tina Turner) in Austin during SXSW 2008. Then, like Dorothy in the Wizard of OZ, she clicked her heels and returned to her once storm ravaged neighborhood in New Orleans to reunite with her original band members in their thriving music community.